Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd - Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites th Zobraziť viac
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a... Zobraziť viac
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young... Zobraziť viac
Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this. To now. Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her family friends' house... Zobraziť viac
Condemned for a murder he had not committed‚ Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty−two days after his arrival he made his first break‚ travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat... Zobraziť viac
A troubled young man commits the perfect crime - the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins one of the greatest novels... Zobraziť viac
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick... Zobraziť viac
Book Two of the After series the Internet sensation with millions of readers. Tessa didn’t plan on meeting H. during her freshman year of college. But now that she has, her life will never be the same... Zobraziť viac
Crossing the boundaries of genre with its unrivalled storytelling, Diana Gabaldon's new novel is a gift both to her millions of loyal fans and to the lucky readers who have yet to discover her. In the ten years since ... Zobraziť viac
Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds... Zobraziť viac
Is duty enough reason to live a lie? When John meets Savannah, he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school, he has enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life... Zobraziť viac
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, ... Zobraziť viac
CCV: 'Welsh has certainly described the world surrounding Edinburgh's underground drug movement with a most amazing... Zobraziť viac
Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage... Zobraziť viac
Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she ... Zobraziť viac
The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, ... Zobraziť viac
Harry Goldfarb, heroin addict and son of lonely widow Sara, cares only about enjoying the good life with girlfriend Marion and best friend Tyrone C Love, and making the most of all the hash, poppers and dope they can get... Zobraziť viac
Maia D’Aplièse and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home – a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva – having been told that their beloved adoptive father, the elusive billionaire they call .. Zobraziť viac
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone, and unable to form meaningful relationships, she has little contact with anyone other than Hijiri, someone she works with... Zobraziť viac
